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Bekomidae

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bekomidae

Taxonomy
Bekomidae was named by De Wever et al. (2001). Its type is Bekoma.

It was assigned to Eucyrtidiacea by De Wever et al. (2001).

Subtaxa
Bekoma (type genus), Bekomiforma, Orbula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Bekomidae De Wever et al. p. 284

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyBekomidae
familyBekomidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Bekomidae De Wever et al. 2001
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G. †Bekoma Riedel and Sanfilippo 1971
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Bekoma bidartensis Riedel and Sanfilippo 1971
Bekoma campechensis Foreman 1973
G. †Bekomiforma Sanfilippo and Riedel 1974
G. †Orbula Foreman 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66North Atlantic Bekoma campechensis (266060)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24North Atlantic Bekoma campechensis (266057 266058 266059)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0North Atlantic Bekoma bidartensis (266055) Bekoma campechensis (266056)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0China (Tibet) Orbula comitata, Orbula ducalis, Bekoma campechensis (69734)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Cyprus Bekoma bidartensis, Bekoma campechensis (90895)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07North Atlantic Bekoma bidartensis (266054) Bekoma divaricata, Bekoma bidartensis (266053)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic Bekoma bidartensis (262935)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific Bekoma spp. (247758)